Jaap Burger

Jaap Burger
Burger in 1944
Member of the Council of State
In office
1 October 1970 – 1 September 1979
Vice PresidentLouis Beel
(1970–1972)
Marinus Ruppert
(1973–1979)
Delegation leader in the
European Parliament
In office
7 May 1967 – 29 September 1970
Preceded byMarinus van der Goes van Naters
Succeeded byAd Oele
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 October 1966 – 29 September 1970
Parliamentary groupSocialist Group
ConstituencyNetherlands
Member of the Senate
In office
5 June 1963 – 1 October 1970
Leader of the Labour Party
In office
22 December 1958 – 16 September 1962
DeputyAnne Vondeling (1959–1962)
Preceded byWillem Drees
Succeeded byAnne Vondeling
President of the Benelux Parliament
In office
1 January 1958 – 1 January 1959
Preceded byFrans Van Cauwelaert
Succeeded byCamille Linden
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
In office
2 September 1952 – 16 September 1962
Preceded byLeendert Antonie Donker
Succeeded byAnne Vondeling
In office
16 January 1951 – 18 September 1951
Preceded byMarinus van der Goes van Naters
Succeeded byLeendert Antonie Donker
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
20 November 1945 – 16 September 1962
Minister of the Interior
In office
31 May 1944 – 27 January 1945
Prime MinisterPieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded byHendrik van Boeijen
Succeeded byHendrik van Boeijen
(Ad interim)
Minister for Return Policy
In office
11 August 1943 – 31 May 1944
Prime MinisterPieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice discontinued
Personal details
Born
Jacobus Albertus Wilhelmus Burger

(1904-08-20)20 August 1904
Willemstad, Netherlands
Died19 August 1986(1986-08-19) (aged 81)
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party (from 1946)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic
Workers' Party
(1929–1946)
Spouse
Emma Petronella Visser
(m. 1947)
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Jurist · Lawyer · Nonprofit director · Media administrator · Lobbyist

Jacobus Albertus Wilhelmus "Jaap" Burger (20 August 1904 – 19 August 1986) was a Dutch politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 4 January 1975.[1]

  1. ^ "Burger, Jacob Albertus Wilhelmus" (in Dutch). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2019.